Daphne Odjig, Canadian Indigenous artist, dead at 97

What are culture vultures discussing 'round the water cooler today? q producer Aparita Bhandari scans the latest arts and entertainment headlines to keep us in the know.

At issue today:

• Indigenous artist Daphne Odjig dead at 97. The visual artist was known for her pictographs from Indigenous cultures, with brilliant use of swirls and colours. She was a member of what people have called the "Indian Group of Seven," and together with her late husband she opened the first Canadian art gallery dedicated to First Nations art.  

Daphne Odjig on her paintings

8 years ago

Duration 0:36

Late Indigenous artist Daphne Odjig describes what moves her to paint and how she hopes to inspire

• Who was Elena Ferrante? The author known for her novel, My Brilliant Friend, has been a bit of a mystery in the modern literary world. The latest in a series of attempts to unveil her real identity names Anita Raja, a Rome-based translator, as the person behind the pen name, according to the New York Review of Books. 
• Kim Kardashian was robbed at gunpoint in Paris last night. The assailants, dressed as police, made off with $10 million worth of jewellery after forcing their way into a private residence and locking the reality star in the bathroom. She was left "badly shaken but physically unharmed," according to her spokesperson.